A federal court on Monday handed President Donald Trump's administration a major blow to its scheme to rig the 2026 midterm elections.
The Trump Department of Justice has sued multiple states in an effort to obtain their voter rolls. Some experts believe the administration will use the data to limit who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections, the momentum towards which currently favors the Democrats.
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon shot down the administration's attempts to retrieve the state's voter rolls, according to a report by Democracy Docket. The judge granted a motion to dismiss the case against the state of Oregon and said a written order would be published in the forthcoming days.
"This marks the latest escalation in the DOJ’s efforts to obtain sensitive voter registration data from states across the country," according to the report. "In recent months, the DOJ has intensified its demands for voter information as part of a broader, politically charged push aimed at pressuring states to remove voters from the rolls and advancing the Trump administration’s unfounded claims of widespread illegal voting."
So far, the Trump administration has sued 24 states spanning from California to Maine in an attempt to retrieve state voter registrations.